An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

It would be a crime to miss it.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.